Cedar Valley Elementary
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 31 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedar Valley Elementary
Cedar Valley Elementary is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in LYNNWOOD, Washington, overseen by Edmonds School District, serveing 427 students in grades K through 6.
Edmonds School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 20,955 students. Cedar Valley Elementary is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Cedar Valley Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 24% White, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Cedar Valley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Cedar Valley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Cedar Valley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Cedar Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lynnwood Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Valley Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Valley Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Cedar Valley Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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